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Transplant Summary
Overview
The University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center is recognized throughout the Midwest and the nation as one of the leading innovators in cancer research, quality patient care and active community involvement. UW Carbone Cancer Center is the only comprehensive cancer center in Wisconsin, as designated by the National Cancer Institute. The University of Wisconsin Blood and Marrow Transplant Program is accredited by the Foundation for Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT). FACT accreditation ensures patients, medical professionals, health insurance companies and the government that our program exceeds standards in patient care and laboratory practices. We were among the first transplant centers worldwide to achieve accreditation in 1999. We are a multidisciplinary team of transplant professionals, working together toward the goal of providing the best possible outcomes for our patients by providing evidence-based, innovative, and compassionate care.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1981 and has been an NMDP transplant center since December 1990.
Attending physicians
Adult - Matthew Brunner, Natalie Callander, Michael Eckrich, Zhubin Gahvari, Aric Hall, Vaishalee Kenkre, Hongtao Liu, Ryan Mattison, Kalyan Nadiminti, Priyanka Pophali, Kieran Sahasrabudhe, Timothy Schmidt
Pediatric - Christian Capitini, Kenneth DeSantes, Rebecca RichardsTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cordCord blood transplants
Pediatric onlyOther programs and services
The University of Wisconsin Hospital Blood and Marrow Transplant Program provides a variety of novel and supportive services for patients, families, and caregivers.
As Wisconsin's only National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer center, we offer the option of unique treatment and supportive care clinical trials.
Chaplains, social workers, child life specialists, and health psychologists all provide support to patients, families, and caregivers before, during, and after transplant.
Housing: Our housing coordinators offer access to affordable, temporary housing arrangements throughout the transplant process:
Ronald McDonald House for pediatric patients and caregivers
Restoring Hope Transplant House for adult patients and caregivers
Contracts with local hotels
Pediatric Programs: We offer Madisons only Board of Education-approved Hospital School to help patients - from kindergarten through high school - keep up with their school work. Sibling Services offers opportunities for therapeutic play, peer interaction, coping strategies and support to brothers and sisters of patients going through transplant.Patient survival information for this center
This center's actual 1-year survival results are similar to the expected rate for this center*.The survival information we have for this center includes ONLY:- Patients who had their FIRST ALLOGENEIC transplant (cells from a related or unrelated donor/cord blood) during 2020, 2021, 2022 and
- Who had their transplant at a U.S. transplant center, and
- Who had follow-up information provided by the transplant center for analysis
For this center, we have survival information for 202 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 78.2%.Compared to similar patients transplanted at all centers in the U.S., we expect that the 1-year survival for patients at this center to be in a range between 71.5% and 82.7%.For help with understanding these statistics, please see Understanding Transplant Outcomes.For overall survival for all patients transplanted with a specific disease, please see U.S. Patient Survival report (Opens in a new tab) at bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov.* The expected survival rate for a transplant center can be below, similar to, or above the range listed. This is based on comparing patient survival at all centers that treated patients with similar diseases.
The survival rate cannot tell how you will do with your transplant. Talk to your doctor to understand your prognosis or the likely course of your disease.
Total adult transplants
294
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow4PBSC14Cord blood0Total18Unrelated donorMarrow6PBSC106Cord blood0Total112Total allogeneicMarrow10PBSC120Cord blood0Total130AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 164PBSC—Cord blood—Total164Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 294PBSC—Cord blood0Total294Total pediatric transplants
20
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow3PBSC2Cord blood0Total5Unrelated donorMarrow6PBSC0Cord blood2Total8Total allogeneicMarrow9PBSC2Cord blood2Total13AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 7PBSC—Cord blood—Total7Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 18PBSC—Cord blood2Total20All Diseases
Number of transplants by age reported from January 1, 2022 to December 31st, 2023(includes marrow, PBSC and cord blood)
0-18 19-44 45-64 65+ Total Related 0-18619-44545-64965+3Total23Unrelated 0-18919-441745-644265+52Total120Autologous 0-18719-441245-647165+81Total171Total 0-182219-443445-6412265+136Total314Treatments may be similar for diseases within a group. It might be helpful to look at centers that have done transplants for a specific disease and centers that have done transplants for any corresponding broad disease categories.
Centers are not required to report autologous transplants so the numbers might be incomplete.
More information about transplants can be found:
- U.S. Transplant Data by Center (Opens in a new tab) report at blood cell.transplant.hrsa.gov
- List of diseases
Transplant center resources
If you have questions about costs and financial services at this center, please call the transplant center’s direct phone number.NMDP patient navigators
Patient navigators can answer your questions about choosing a transplant center and provide support and education to help you throughout your transplant journey.
- Inside the United States: 1 (888) 999-6743
- Outside the United States: 1 (763) 406-3410. (Long distance or international charges may apply.)
Email: patientinfo@nmdp.org
More resources
- Choosing a transplant center
- Preparing for transplant
- Learn about transplant outcomes and treatment decisions (Opens in a new tab)
- Support and resources (including non-English materials)
- U.S. Transplant Data by Center (Opens in a new tab) at blood cell.transplant.hrsa.gov
This center has separate survivorship programs for adult and pediatric patients.
Please select the program you are interested in.